Re: [WSG] Art and accessibility
Ben Buchanan wrote: One of the hardest things in teaching web development is finding decent text books. By the time most get into print, they are already 2 years out of date. And few come close to standards based development. I'm sure there are more than a few texts still in circulation which heartily advocate the FONT tag. Mind you the lag time of most books has now dropped to a few months from final to publishing. So they aren't that much out of date. It used to be disgusting. There are so many challenges to motivate lecturers though - they have a big enough workload as it is, so convincing them to change lecture material they've used for years can be tough. Not to mention the long lead time on changing course structure, syllabus etc. Even a highly motivated academic could be hamstrung by procedure. This usually a major cause of the lack of up to date courses I wonder if guest lectures could be a way to go - eg. contact unis to get them in touch with local standards professionals. That would have the added benefit of industry contact for the university's marketing documents ;) Guest Lectures (or semi guest for 4-6 weeks) are used by some of the Universities in Perth in the Marketing and Business Schools as it allows practicing professionals to impart the real stories and usable skills etc. They are usually a great success. I can't see why they wouldn't work for the Web Industry -- Gary Barber radharc http://manwithnoblog.com *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] A little Friday fun
More than that it needs a vid for youtube.. its awesome. WSG theme.. Mihael Zadravec wrote: this is great! this song should be on mtv!!! love it! :) have a nice weekend On 11/17/06, *Brad Pollard* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, thank you! Hilarious. Lets play it at next years web directions and all hold hands. - Original Message - From: Andy Woznica [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org mailto:wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] A little Friday fun Makes me wanna throw my laptop on the fire and get down.. Too some seriously accessible content. A - Andy Woznica Actofdesign http://www.actofdesign.com On 11/16/06 7:08 PM, Darren Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI people! The week is drawing to an end...many of you have had a week of nightmare code and semantic nightmares...but never fear - have a listen to this song and know that you are not alone... http://www.esanity.co.uk/podcasts/HandsToBoag.mp3 D ps - sorry if this has already been posted. -- Gary *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] CSS resources for Graphic designers?
Tony Crockford wrote: Susie Gardner-Brown wrote: I'm mostly wanting to explain/show what can be done using CSS instead of actual images, so their design takes advantage of what CSS has to offer, and doesn't have to use graphic images to create the effect they want to achieve. Dunno if that's any clearer ... grin I know exactly what you mean, but I don't think there's a resource on the net that will help. snip but as you say, they hardest part is to get them to think like animators, not grid based print designers. Another aspect I have found, they have to let go of the concept that the information is on pages, and people will turn to the next page in a linear sequence. Webs not linear. Letting go of the font rendering, allowing the browser to control the font rendering. That the screen is not an page sized object. That is changes size and resolution (72 to 150 dpi) That the print out can look like their printed material if they wish That people don't read web pages like print material -- Gary *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: [WSG] best markup for a calendar?
Kay Smoljak wrote: On 10/14/06, *Lachlan Hunt* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That seems like a bug in Firefox. Can you provide a *simple* test case and *clear* step-by-step instructions explaining how to replicate it? Heh, good call Lachlan. When it's just the table on a page by itself, I don't get the jumping behaviour so it's obviously something else on the page that's causing it. Your comments and the threads on CSS-D have convinced me that the table is the way to go. I will try and test the caption and summary out with a screenreader and see what works. Hi Kay Jaws - Captions and Summary - Yes Windows Eyes (IBM) Captions and Summary - Yes If you set out the table correctly you will have no issues. putting in wk1 wk2 wk3 wk4 as cross th to the days does help too. -- Gary Barber *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
